The official Mickey Mantle Pickup Thread. All Mick, all the time!

[carlsonjok]

I've been back collecting for about 7 years and am not ashamed to admit that I generally swim in the shallow end of the hobby pool. I've mainly been building the Topps 1970s sets, with some diversions into the 1960-63 Fleers and a few oddball modern sets.

When I first started collecting I picked up a few 1956 Topps cards because I thought they were cool looking. In the intervening time, I continued to pick some 56s up here and there. Additionally, I won a 1938 Goudey Jimmie Foxx in a contest that I turned into 56 Clemente and Robinson. Last year, I realized that I had over half the set and I should probably just work it to completion.

This year, I went to the National show needing only 21 cards to complete the set, including Mantle and Koufax. I managed to get 17 of the 21 I needed, including this:



I never considered that I would be able to finish this set, but I am a mere 4 cards away. I am way more excited about it than a 52 year old man has the right to feel.